Causes which helped Italians of the 14th, 15th, 16th century develop the concept of Renaissance Individualism?

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Answer 1

CHANGING SIDES IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR

Answer 2

     The Great Scism caused people to question the church which therefore caused people to think for themselves. People wanted to explore life on earth rather than live life for the afterlife. In the Renaissance, the unique talents and potential of the individual became significant.

     The Renaissance originally grew out of cultural and political developments in Italy. They emphasized the need to reform Christian society and believed that this reform could be accomplished through education that was based on the great writings of ancient Greece and Rome.

     The word renaissance means “rebirth.” The idea of rebirth originated in the belief that Europeans had rediscovered the superiority of Greek and Roman culture after many centuries of what they considered intellectual and cultural decline. The preceding era, which began with the collapse of the Roman Empire around the 5th century, became known as the Middle Ages to indicate its position between the classical and modern world.